Shay--I hate commenting on your poems, because I want to note (and quote) the lines that blew me away,so I have to move the comment section around, and whenever I page up to see the poem, the comment section "disappears" and then I have to bring it back up and then...wah, wah whine...

The plaintive tone of your poem (at least how I'm reading it) reminds me of the end of a Pink song (you probably don't like her). She sings, "Please, please...don't leave me" and sounds quite vulnerable.

There is a rawness of loss to be scried here under the incredibly rich and evocative imagery that defines the whole piece like shadows define the light. "Never tell a blackbird's fortune..." One of your best, wildest, cleverest gypsy lines ever.

My new book !

Modesty spoken here.

kindred spirits

"I have been blessed with these two gorgeousWings and I refuse to load my heart with weights."

--Marina Tsvetaeva

“I'd rather sing one wild song and burst my heart with it, than live a thousand years watching my digestion and being afraid of the wet.” ― Jack London, The Turtles of Tasman

"The only calibration that counts is how much heart people invest, how much they ignore their fears of being hurt or caught out or humiliated. And the only thing people regret is that they didn't live boldly enough, that they didn't invest enough heart, didn't love enough. Nothing else really counts at all." — Ted Hughes

Poetry made from...

...trinkets, mojo, and double mocha latte!

Welcome to the Word Garden

The Word Garden consists of original poems written by me, Shay a.k.a. Fireblossom. Please stop a while and enjoy them. But don't pick the blooms that you find here, they must not be planted elsewhere without permission of the author.